Biography
Elizabeth Larrieu Torres (born September 27, 1947) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. Torres is best known for her role as Mahalia Sanchez in the NBC comedy series The John Larroquette Show (1993–1996), for which she received two Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations. She is also known for her role as Patricia "Miss Patty" LaCosta in The WB family comedic drama series Amy Sherman-Palladino's Gilmore Girls (2000–07) starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. In the 1970s, sh...
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Complete Filmography

My Mom and the Girl
2017
as Irlanda
After dinner with family and friends takes a dark turn, a woman with Alzheimer's is led to a proverbial crossroads where three very desperate women ar...

Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter wa...

Expecting Love
2008
as Juanita
A successful Los Angeles lawyer discovers that a short-term affair could have long-term consequences when a woman he had a brief affair with claims th...

Taylor
2005
as Teri Richards
Mystery woman arrives in small mountain hallmark type town to attend a memorial or perhaps just to find resolve in her own life. She stays at a bed an...

Joe Dirt
2001
as Beauty College Woman
Joe Dirt is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was a belligere...

Once Upon A Christmas
2000
as The Tooth Fairy
The daughter of Santa Claus vows to transform a single father and his spoiled children to prove that the spirit of Christmas exists.

The Princess and the Barrio Boy
2000
as Minerva's mother
A teenager who dreams of becoming an Olympic swimmer has a romance with a boy from the wrong side of town.

Luminarias
2000
Welcome to Luminarias-where hot spicy dish gets served up with a Latin twist by four successful friends from East LA...with very discriminating taste ...

Permanent Midnight
1998
as Dita
Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.

Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister
1998
as Wallace Houston
Jamie Marshall (Kelly McGillis) is a "storm chaser" who, having lost her husband in a crash after his plane was struck by lightning, recklessly throws...

The Odd Couple II
1998
as Maria
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at L...

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
as Ruby Escadrillo
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same ...

Just Cause
1995
as Delores Rodriguez
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific...

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994
as Lenora's Mother
Spoof-miester, Julie Brown does a musical send-up of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbit's debutante debacles

Greyhounds
1994
A retired sheriff, judge, coroner and con-man team up to solve crimes. Pilot.

A Million to Juan
1994
as Mrs. Delgado
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls ...

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying
1992
as Lt. Garcia
When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and h...

Rescue Me
1992
as Carney
Fraser's unrequited love for the beautiful and rich Ginny gets a chance to prove itself, when she is suddenly kidnapped. He teams up with rebel Mac, w...

Maid for Each Other
1992
as Lucy
In this hilarious crime caper, a rich woman (Nell Carter) and her maid (Dinah Manoff) happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time -- and now, ...

Lena's Holiday
1991
as Cabbie's Wife
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Lena, from East Germany travels to Hollywood. After landing she loses her bag and can't find her hotel. She befrien...

Opposites Attract
1990
A mayoral candidate (Barbara Eden) for a California town gets romantically involved with her opponent (John Forsythe), a former cowboy star.

Thieves of Fortune
1990
as Big Rosa
A beautiful woman must perform feats of bravery in order to inherit a $28 million fortune and win the man she loves.

Sweet 15
1990
Nothing is more important to Mexican-American Marta Delacruz than her quinceanera -- the traditional 15th birthday celebration that symbolically usher...
Miracle at Beekman's Place
1988
as Isabella D'Agostino
Following a family tragedy, an idealistic hospital chief of staff dumps his high-paying job to open a storefront inner-city clinic.

Sunset
1988
as Rosa
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

Addicted to His Love
1988
as Bernice
Larry Hogan, using various aliases, meets middle-aged women through dating services and personal ads and uses his charm to cheat them out of their mon...

Kate's Secret
1986
as Laura
A beautiful woman married to a successful lawyer and the perfect suburban mother turns out to be a closeted bulimic.

America
1986
as Dolores Frantico
The zany crew of a New York cable TV station accidentally bounce a signal off the moon, bringing them worldwide attention.

Father of Hell Town
1985
as Miss Morales
In this pilot to the short-lived "Hell Town," Robert Blake plays a scrappy, ex-convict-turned-ghetto priest in an impoverished inner-city parish.

Her Life as a Man
1984
as Susie
To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man t...

More Wild Wild West
1980
as Juanita
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.

Murder Can Hurt You!
1980
as Mrs. Palumbo
A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling...

Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Lady Zero
An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or te...

Pinocchio
1976
as The Cat
This musical adaptation of Pinocchio from 1976 features the incomparable talents of Danny Kaye, Sandy Duncan, Flip Wilson, and Clive Revill. Framed by...

You've Got To Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat
1971
as Singer in Men's Room
This oddball counterculture comedy/drama follows Zalman King through a series of kooky misadventures while he searches for his life's purpose in New Y...

Utterly Without Redeeming Social Value
1969
as Park Prostitute
A psychologist interviews the members of a therapy group for people with sexual issues as to why they're in the group.